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Upp⋅sa⋅la

[uhp-sah-luh, -suh-; Sw. oop-sah-lah]
–noun
a city in SE Sweden. 146,192.
Also, Upsala.
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Upp·sa·la   (ŭp'sə-lə, -sä'-, ŏŏp'sä'lä)   
A city of eastern Sweden north-northwest of Stockholm. Capital of a pre-Christian kingdom in the early Middle Ages, it became an episcopal see in 1164 and the coronation place of Swedish monarchs. The University of Uppsala was founded in 1477. Population: 185,000.
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